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History Of Africa
Archaic humans emerged out of Africa between 0.5 and 1.8 million years ago. This was followed by the emergence of modern humans (''Homo sapiens'') in East Africa around 300,000–250,000 years ago. In the 4th millennium BC written history arose in Ancient Egypt, and later in Nubia's Kush, the Horn of Africa's Dʿmt, and Ifrikiya's Carthage. Between around 3000 BCE and 500 CE, the Bantu expansion swept from north-western Central Africa (modern day Cameroon) across much of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa, displacing or absorbing groups such as the Khoisan and Pygmies. The oral word is revered in most African societies, and history has generally been recorded via oral tradition. This has led anthropologists to term them "oral civilisations”. Traditions were crafted utilising various sources from the community, performed, and passed down through generations. Many kingdoms and empires came and went in all regions of the continent. Most states were created through conqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Of Africa 1
Several expansions of populations of archaic humans (genus ''Homo'') out of Africa and throughout Eurasia took place in the course of the Lower Paleolithic, and into the beginning Middle Paleolithic, between about 2.1 million and 0.2 million years ago (Ma). These expansions are collectively known as Out of Africa I, in contrast to the expansion of anatomically modern humans (''Homo sapiens'') into Eurasia, which may have begun shortly after 0.2 million years ago (known in this context as " Out of Africa II"). The earliest presence of ''Homo'' (or indeed any hominin) outside of Africa dates to close to 2 million years ago. A 2018 study identified hominin presence at Shangchen, central China, as early as 2.12 Ma based on magnetostratigraphic dating of the lowest layer containing stone artefacts. "Eight major magnetozones are recorded in the Shangchen section, four of which have normal polarity (N1 to N4) and four of which have reversed polarity (R1 to R4). By comparison with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
